ABOUT US
՛՛Everything is moving and everything is dance!՛՛
Tsolak MLKE-Galstyan
Born in 25.02.1984
Since 1990 Tsolak started practicing traditional Armenian dances, 1995 Latino-American dance and in 1992 started attending classical dance courses. In 2007 Tsolak graduated from the graphics department of the Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1998 Tsolak started his retraining and commited to contemporary dance. in 2003 he founded the MIHR theatre and became its Art. director.
“The creative process has many layers and the performance is only its surface.”
Shoghakat MLKE-Galstyan
Born in 16.05.1988
Shoghakat practiced Latino-American dances since 1993 and contemporary balet since 1998. In 2012 She graduated from the Arts management Dept. of the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography. She founded the MIHR theatre in 2003 and is its soloist.
“The stage transforms loneliness into completeness.”
Petros Ghazanchyan
Born in 17.04.1993
Since 1998 Petros started practicing National Armenian Dances. In 2011 he graduated from the Classical Dance department of the State Dance College. The movement is his profession and his hobby. Petros has been a soloist of the MIHR theatre since 2011.
Eliza Baghdiyan and Lusine MLKE-Galstyan
Tiezerk Band
Tiezerk, which means Universe in Armenian, is a band which has no artistic borders. The band was founded in 2015 by three teenage girls, who at that time found themselves in arranging Armenian National Music. Then they’ve started the collaboration with MIHR Theatre from 2015. They have created music inspired by the movements and performed live for seven of the theatre’s performances, and many more projects. With they’re arrangements of Armenian National Music they had concerts in the USA (“Innovate Armenia” event, 2016), Georgia (“Educational Bridges” project, 2016) and Poland (“DEMOLUDY” International Performing Arts Festival, 2016 and Lublin 20th International Dance Theater Festival, 2017). Starting from 2016, they create music using Armenian writer’s poems while also writing original songs, which reflect everything that is happening with them. The final 11 original songs took place in Tiezerk’s Debut “Coordinates: 00:02:37” Album, which was recorded live. From 2019 band includes only two girls, Lusine MLKE-Galstyan and Eliza Baghdiyan.
From June 18 – June 30, 2019 they’ve done a Tour in Switzerland. They have been in 5 cities/Zurich, Basel, Winterthur, Ebnat-Kappel and St. Gallen/. They’ve performed with their Armenian national song’s arrangement with Singfrauen Winterthur choir and Ebnat-Kappel’s woman choir. Also, they’ve collaborated with two bands from Zurich/Cyrill and Vera, Eclecta/. Besides concerts, Tiezerk had a workshop of Armenian national music and national songs learning with their arrangements at the Conservatory of Winterthur.
Starting from 2020 lockdown Tiezerk is leading online workshop series “ChorOnline”, organized by swiss choir conductor Franziska Welti. During the summer of 2020 Tiezerk participated at two online festivals (24 hour Festival, 23 hour Festival) collaborated with artists from Canada, United Kingdom, Germany.
On August 22, 2021, the Tiezerk was invited by the largest art festival in Switzerland, the Zucker Theater Spektakel, where artists from Armenia participated for the first time. In addition to the festival, the Tiezerk had 7 concerts in 4 cities of Switzerland, 2 master classes and recording at the Zurich University of the Arts. The Tiezerk performed at the Tavolata event at the 100-year-old monastery complex in Toggenburg, where he shared the stage with world-famous Swiss musician Christian Zehnder.
Swiss Choir “Singfrauen Winterthur” is going to record Tiezerk’s arranged “Janoy” and “Saren Kugas” and include them in their 6th album.